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My Global Journeys in Search of the African Presence
By: Runoko Rashidi
ISBN: 1574781219
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9781574781212
This book documents Rashidi's inspired Global Journeys in Search of the African Presence. It's a unique travelogue, recording country by country travels, and day by day encounters with people, historical markers, art and cultural practices that separate and unite Blacks around the word. It s richly illustrated; with colorful photos mostly taken by the author. The photos do a wonderful job of highlighting the author s pursuit of a global Africa. They also present the reader with the same stunning visual African presence that Rashidi found, and still finds as he continues his travels today. He now has visited more than sixty countries, long ago surpassing the twenty-four that Rogers - his inspiration had visited in his life. Travelogues as literature are not a new way of sharing the experience of distant lands, as they have been around for centuries. In fact, many of the early exploiters of Africa used their travelogues to inform other exploiters of Africa and the New World . The uniqueness of Runoko s work is his passionate purpose. ...